Cao Ren and the others had been worried about Huang Zhong's appearance, and at this moment Huang Zhong finally appeared. 100,000 hussars, surging in the twilight. At this point, the Lu Bu army that appeared around Cao's army had reached 200,000, which were the Blue Wolf Legion and the Hussar Legion, all of which were elite war horses. This situation is completely different from the information obtained in advance, which shows that the Lü Bu army in this area is clearly the Pingnan Army and the Leopard Tao Army, although the total strength of those two legions is also 200,000, but the combat strength is not the same.

The Pingnan Army and the Leopard Tao Army are infantry-based legions, and they have always served as second-line combat missions, and there are not many opportunities for vicious battles and big battles, while the Hussar Corps and the Blue Wolf Legion are different, needless to say, although the Hussar Legion has not been in the army for a long time, but since the formation of the army, every major battle has not been absent, and the overall combat power of the cavalry is much higher than that of the infantry. Therefore, the combat power of the Hussar Legion and the Blue Wolf Legion was much higher than that of the Pingnan Legion and the Leopard Tao Legion. Mistakes in intelligence allowed Cao Jun to completely miscalculate the strength of the enemy in front of him.

Cao Ren frowned and said, "I really let you say it, the other party has already laid a trap!" ”

Yu Ban frowned and said: "The current situation is very serious, we have to do our best to find a way to get out!" We only have enough food and grass for three days, and if it drags on for a long time, even if the enemy does not attack, we ourselves will collapse! ”

Cao Ren nodded, worried. He asked, "Do you have any plans?" ”

Yu Ban glanced up at the enemy army in the distance, and thought: "The enemy is very likely to come to attack tonight, I can ...... it" Yu Ban said a strategy.

Huang Zhong tied up the army, ordered some of the cavalry to be on guard, and most of the cavalry set up camp. Immediately sent the deputy general Deng Quan to contact Ma Chao. Since Zhang Lang had given orders before leaving, Ma Chao was responsible for all military operations in the Nanyang area, so Huang Zhong had to obey Ma Chao's orders.

In the big tent of the Blue Wolf Army, Ma Chao and his generals were standing in front of the map to discuss the attack strategy. Matthew said: "After today's battle, the enemy army will inevitably be tired. Tonight is a great time to raid the enemy camp! ”

Ma Dai, Ma Tie and others all thought so.

Ma Chao touched his chin and showed a look of thought.

Ma Dai said: "General Huang's hussar corps has arrived, we can invite them to raid the enemy camp together!" ”

Ma Chao looked at the map and said, "There's no need for that!" He pointed to the enemy camp on the map and said, "Tonight, I personally commanded 30,000 cavalry to break into the enemy camp, and a few of you led soldiers and horses to meet outside the camp. The generals clenched their fists and promised.

A personal soldier rushed in, knelt down and said, "General Qiyu, General Huang Zhong's messenger is here." ”

Ma Chao turned around, "Please." ”

The soldiers answered, stood up and walked out of the big tent, and a moment later led Deng Quan, the deputy general of a hussar regiment, in. As soon as Deng Quan saw Ma Chao, he immediately clasped his fists and bowed: "Meet the general." ”

Ma Chao asked, "General Deng, have all General Huang's soldiers and horses arrived?" ”

Deng Quan replied: "It's all here." Then he said: "The old general will ask the general to stop in the future." ”

Ma Chao said: "Our army is going to raid the Cao army camp tonight, please ask General Huang Lao to answer when he arrives." Deng Quan promised and said: "If the general has no other orders, the last general will retire." Ma Chao said: "You go." Deng Quan bowed to Ma Chao and left the big tent.

Ma Chao turned his head and ordered the generals to prepare immediately, and the generals agreed and left the big tent.

……

The gaze turned to the city of Xuchang.

In the evening, Zhang Lang led the 300,000 troops of the Long Tao Army, the Leopard Tao Army, and the Pingnan Army to the west of Xuchang, while Jia Xu led the Luoyang Army and the 200,000 troops of the Southern Barbarian Alliance Army to the north of Xuchang. The figures on the city wall are longing, and the soldiers of the Cao army are hurriedly entering the battle position.

The west gate suddenly opened, and a general galloped out with a big axe. The general was bareheaded, dressed in beast-faced iron and heavy armor, his body was extremely majestic, and his momentum was like that of an evil god and demon king, which made people feel frightened. That general was none other than the leading general in Cao's army, Dian Wei.

Dian Wei rushed out of the city with a big axe, and shouted at Zhang Lang: "Lu Bu, do you dare to fight me to the death?" ”

The corners of Zhang Lang's mouth were raised, and his legs gently clamped the horse's belly, and the red rabbit horse understood the meaning of the master, and immediately ran out, like a cloud of fire. Carrying Zhang Lang to a dozen steps in front of Dian Wei, he asked, "Dian Wei, why did you betray Cao Cao?" Dian Wei is an honest man, and when he heard Lu Bu suddenly ask, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said angrily: "I didn't betray the lord!" I will never betray my lord! ”

"In that case, why do you have to work for Cao Cao's murderer?"

Dian Wei was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed, "What you said is not right!" It was Liu Bei and Guan Yu who killed the lord! Sooner or later, I'll have him in pieces! ”

Zhang Lang sneered, "Do you think someone like Liu Bei would sacrifice himself to assassinate Cao Cao?" Does Liu Bei have that kind of courage? ”

Dian Wei thought about it for a while, and said with some doubts: "Liu Bei really doesn't look like that kind of person!" ”

Zhang Lang saw that Dian Wei's mind was shaken, so he struck while the iron was hot: "I got reliable news that Cao Pi sent someone to invite Liu Bei and Guan Yu in the name of Cao Cao. Before the two of them entered the mansion, Cao Pi had already killed his father. Then in order for you and Xu Chu to see the so-called murder scene, and also to clear the suspicion, he deliberately went to Cao Cao's courtyard with the two of you. As a result, I saw the so-called murder scene. What Zhang Lang said was all inferred by him Jia Xu and Huang Yueying based on the information they got from Xuchang.

Dian Wei felt that what Zhang Lang said was very reasonable, and he was suspicious. He looked up and said to Zhang Lang: "I don't believe what you said, why did Childe do this?" ”

Zhang Lang sighed and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that there have been fewer cases of killing brothers and fathers for the throne and throne throughout the ages?" Cao Cao doesn't like Cao Pi, what he has always liked Cao Zhi, not long ago he had Cao Rui, and he loved his life, Cao Pi saw that there was no hope of inheritance, and killed his husband to seize power, which is no longer normal! ”

Dian Wei's face changed several times, turned his horse's head, and ran into the city gate, which slammed shut.

Zhang Lang looked at the city gate and said with a smile: "I hope Dian Wei will go back and look at Cao Pi with an axe, and the next thing will be simple!" From the city wall, he shouted: "Is there anyone who is not afraid of death, come out and play two rounds with grandpa!" "How dare anyone say yes!

Zhang Lang shouted several times, and when he saw that no one was fighting, he returned to the military formation. Turning his head to Dong Ying beside him, he said, "Send a signal rocket." Dong Ying immediately took out her bow and arrow, bent her bow and arrows and fired an arrow at the sky, and the red signal rocket flew all the way up to the sky, and then went out and fell.

The strange thing is that after shooting this signal rocket, neither the Lu Bu army outside the west city nor the Lu Bu army outside the north city took action, and they didn't know what the signal rocket meant.